Development and application of an objective storm severity measure for the Northeast Atlantic region

An objective index for the estimation of storm severity has been developed, validated and applied to both reanalysis data and an AOGCM simulation for the Northeast Atlantic region. The index is based on the exceedance of local thresholds of the daily maximum wind speed. Positive trends for both the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gregor C. Leckebusch, Dominik Renggli, Uwe Ulbrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2008-10-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0323